I kind of agree with this sentiment. That said, I'm still using a Dinc that has an optical trackpad that's never really bothered me. But one of the reasons I look forward to upgrading this device is to lose that button!

I don't particularly care for how the button looks, but I'm tired of using that teeny tiny on/off button at the top of my Evo to wake up the phone. I've pressed that button so many times it is now difficult to push...so I'm thinking maybe the home button may be a good thing.

I tend to use my phone a fair bit while it is sitting on my desk. Having the ability to press the home button with one finger to wake it will be welcomed compared to having to squeeze the phone on both sides to press the power button.

Either way though, I wasn't going to get too sorted if it was capacitive or real. It's just a button after all.

On a related note, I'm glad it still has a dedicated menu button. I prefer that to a multi-tasking button.

One advantage of a physical home button is that you can operate the phone, at least in a limited way, with gloves on (particularly if you assign long-press or double-click to some type of voice control). Lifesaver in the winter....

The home button was a huge deal for me. If AT&T ended up dropping the home button I would have imported an international version.

The only one thing I miss from the iphone was the home button. On my samsung infuse I never know what way is up, the power button on Samsungs are in a terrible place (always hitting the volume rocker), dropped the phone a million time when holding it in one hand trying to get the thumb down to the capacitive button.

I was actually a little giddy when they announced it and they didn't get rid of the home button. Add the fact that the back button (my second most used) is to the right of the home button.

For those with smaller devices, a phone this size makes getting the thumb all the way accross the bottom of the device very difficult. Home button will help with that.